Actors who've played presidents

Updated 1903 GMT (0303 HKT) February 25, 2013

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Daniel Day-Lewis – Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor Academy Award for playing the 16th U.S. president in "Lincoln," which also took home the production design Oscar. The Steven Spielberg-directed drama also stars British actor Jared Harris as Ulysses S. Grant.

Robin Williams – Robin Williams was photographed on the New Orleans set of "The Butler" last year. The movie tells the story of a longtime White House butler. Williams, who sports a bald cap for his role as Dwight Eisenhower, is one of many actors who'll portray a president in the film. This isn't the 61-year-old's first time playing commander-in-chief. He played Theodore Roosevelt in the "Night at the Museum" franchise.

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Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes – Greg Kinnear was nominated for an Emmy for his role as John F. Kennedy in "The Kennedys." Katie Holmes plays Jackie Kennedy. The 2011 miniseries was met with mixed reviews. The Washington Post's Hank Stuever wrote that it "sketches its characters with the precision of a fat Sharpie marker."

Josh Brolin – Josh Brolin and Richard Dreyfuss play George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, respectively, in Oliver Stone's "W." The drama chronicles the life of the president from his years at Yale University to his time in the White House. "A powerful set of people skills and a gift for gab are about the only things Brolin has in common with George W. Bush," Donna Freydkin wrote in a 2008 in USA Today.

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Frank Langella – Frank Langella was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as Richard Nixon in 2008's "Frost/Nixon." The Ron Howard drama revisits Nixon's interviews with British talk show host David Frost, who is played by Michael Sheen.

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Paul Giamatti – Paul Giamatti plays the title character in 2008's "John Adams." The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning miniseries also features David Morse as George Washington and Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson.

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Tom Selleck – Tom Selleck ditched his mustache for 2004's "Ike: Countdown to D-Day." In the Robert Harmon-directed TV movie, about the months leading up to Operation Neptune, Selleck plays Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower before becoming the 34th president of the United States. "A&E's comprehensive production is anything but dull," Variety's Laura Fries wrote of the film, which was nominated for six Emmy Awards.

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Dan Hedaya – Dan Hedaya plays Richard Nixon in 1999's "Dick." Two young girls (Michelle Williams and Kirsten Dunst) act as Deep Throat in this parody of the Watergate scandal.

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Anthony Hopkins – Anthony Hopkins plays John Quincy Adams in 1997's "Amistad," directed by Steven Spielberg. Hopkins' portrayal earned him an Academy Award nomination for best actor in a supporting role. The actor also played Richard M. Nixon in 1995's "Nixon."

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Gary Sinise – Gary Sinise plays Harry S. Truman in the 1995 TV movie "Truman." Sinise's role as the president known for utilizing the atomic bomb was well received. "Superb production with memorable Sinise performance in title role," wrote reviewer Steve Crum, of Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers.